Vampire Weekend promote "Modern Vampires" with international dates

Indie-rock outfit Vampire Weekend will follow up impending appearances at a couple of European festivals with an extensive road trip across North America.

The New York City quartet will begin the stateside run with a Sept. 19 show in Philadelphia. The fall trek features 17 major markets, including performances at Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia, MD (9/21), and the Austin City Limits Festival (10/4 and 10/11).

Vampire Weekend unleashed its third studio album, "Modern Vampires of the City," in May. The XL Recordings release debuted at the top of The Billboard 200, as well as the top of the magazine's Alternative Albums, Independent Albums and Rock Albums charts.

To precede their forthcoming outing, the four members -- Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio -- are serving as guest assistant editors for today's (9/12) edition of the daily Metro newspapers in Boston, New York and Philadelphia.